Table of Contents

Sofia Kovalevskaia: her life and work by A. H. Koblitz Sonya Kovalevskaya's place in nineteenth century mathematics by R. Cooke Changing views of Sofia Kovalevskaia by A. H. Koblitz Isospectral metrics and finite Riemannian coverings by D. M. DeTurck and C. S. Gordon Estimating small eigenvalues of Riemann surfaces by J. Dodziuk, T. Pignaturo, B. Randol, and D. Sullivan A conformal analog of Bernstein's theorem for timelike surfaces in Minkowski 3-space by T. K. Milnor Geometry of canonical forms by R. S. Palais and C.-L. Terng Geometric analysis in crystalline media by J. Taylor Some geometric developments related to Kowaleski's work by C.-L. Terng Large-time behavior of solutions to a scalar conservation law in several space dimensions by P. Bauman Strong solutions for strongly damped quasilinear wave equations by H. Engler Flows on $r$-gonal Jacobeans by E. Previato Some linearly induced Morse-Smale systems, the QR algorithm, and the Toda lattice by M. Shub and A. T. Vasquez An introduction to quasicrystals by J. W. Cahn and J. E. Taylor Quasicrystals, tilings, and algebraic number theory: some preliminary connections by E. Bombieri and J. E. Taylor.